After nine years, Shannen Doherty lost her battle with cancer last Saturday. What will happen to her estate now?
Expensive therapies and operations
Then came the big blow of fate: in 2015, the actress was diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time. In the meantime, she was considered cured, but in 2017 the cancer returned in stage four. In 2020, Doherty said that her cancer was now considered incurable . In June 2023, she announced that she also had metastases in her brain. At the end of 2023, she announced that her bones were also affected by the cancer. She had to undergo expensive therapies and several operations.
What was particularly tragic was that her husband Kurt Iswarienko was allegedly having an affair with his agent during this time, and they divorced. But the ex-couple argued about money and a few weeks ago Doherty submitted a declaration of income and expenses to the court. This made her assets public .
One day before her death, Shannen got divorced
Shannen Doherty had $251,000 in the bank and stocks and bonds worth $1.8 million. She also owned $3 million worth of real estate and her house in Malibu is worth $6 million. However, it is said to have a $3 million mortgage. Her medical costs were around $21,000 per month, according to the information.
Because of her illness, her income has all but disappeared. Her annual earnings for the past three years are said to have been $259,708. “Today, virtually all of my income is residual income from work I did before I got married,” Doherty said in the court document. She therefore demanded retroactive maintenance payments from her ex-husband – to no avail.
Just one day before her death, the couple were able to reach an agreement and finalize the divorce. It is unclear whether Iswarienko will receive any of Doherty’s assets. However, the largest share will probably go to her mother Rosa (76) and her brother Sean (56). It was very important to the actress that her mother was taken care of after her death .
